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Illiberal democracy – or populism – is not the only political menace confronting Western countries. Liberal democracy is also being undermined by a tendency to emphasize “liberal…
As the US, Russia and China test each other’s patience and strategic focus, speculation about the chances of a world war has hit a new high. But many of the people…
To mark last month's International Women's Day, Professor Naila Kabeer looks back over the history of feminist economics and outlines her reasons why it matters for the future.
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Tristan Kenderdine examines the growing dependency of global industrial output on Chinese policy and the risks this holds for a global trade perspective.
Ahead of the Astana…
Over the past two-and-a-half years, I’ve probably looked at more examples of government innovation than anyone else in the world.
That’s not an exaggeration: I’ve written more…
Including persons with disabilities in emergency responses is a shared responsibility of all humanitarian actors.
As discussed in the first article of this series,…
Over the past two-and-a-half years, I’ve probably looked at more examples of government innovation than anyone else in the world.
That’s not an exaggeration: I’ve written more…
Naomi Potter explores the difficulty of defining Eurocentrism during a research research project.
Shortly after completing our first year at LSE, a group of undergraduate…
ESRC GPID Director and Global Policy's Deputy Executive Editor, Andy Sumner, takes a look at a model of economic development from the 1950s that he argues is highly relevant to…
Scientists are known for making dramatic predictions about the future – and sinister robotsare once again in the spotlight now that artificial intelligence has…